Herve

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus, an early latinization was Charivius. Anglicized forms are Harvey and Hervey.

From Wikipedia

Herve first appears in the data in 1911 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 25 babies (rank #1,527 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Herve

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Herve yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

560

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Herve

Hervé Renardassociation football player · b. 1968
Hervé Villechaizetelevision actor · b. 1943
Hervé Le Tellierliterary critic · b. 1957
Hervé Fayeminister · b. 1814

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1911	5	#1,860
1913	6	#2,631
1914	14	#1,726
1915	17	#1,742
1916	13	#2,202
1917	15	#2,038
1918	18	#1,858
1919	23	#1,550
1920	18	#1,921
1921	25	#1,527
1922	11	#2,698
1923	8	#3,293
1924	14	#2,288
1925	20	#1,767
1926	12	#2,481
1927	19	#1,837
1928	15	#2,094
1929	19	#1,754
1930	12	#2,361
1931	8	#2,957
1932	10	#2,532
1933	11	#2,285
1934	7	#3,126
1935	7	#3,094
1936	7	#3,004
1937	10	#2,390
1938	7	#2,999
1939	5	#3,705
1940	7	#2,990
1941	8	#2,751
1942	7	#3,065
1943	8	#2,828
1945	6	#3,141
1955	6	#3,671
1958	5	#4,189
1962	6	#3,803
1964	7	#3,421
1966	7	#3,356
1968	8	#3,212
1970	6	#4,450
1972	5	#5,281
1975	5	#5,801
1978	5	#6,172
1980	18	#2,658
1981	10	#3,955
1982	7	#5,246
1983	9	#4,280
1984	6	#5,860
1985	7	#5,379
1987	6	#6,409
1989	9	#5,335
1991	7	#6,807
1993	5	#9,263
1995	5	#9,381
2019	6	#11,274
2020	6	#11,107
2023	7	#10,111